Examples

Inside, she had created a series of corridors, one after the other, leading to the heart of the building—a white-marble-paved room set with exquisite pietra dura inlay of agates, sard, jade, and cornelian, gleaming marble walls, and a raised cenotaph in the center.

For March, there come violets, specially the single blue, which are the earliest; the yellow daffodil; the daisy; the almond – tree in blossom; the peach – tree in blossom; the cornelian – tree in blossom; sweet – briar.

A total of 28 beautiful stones were used: red sandstone was brought from Fatehpur Sikri, jasper from Punjab, jade and crystal from China, turquoise from Tibet, lapis lazuli and sapphire from Sri Lanka, coal and cornelian from Arabia and diamonds from Panna.